Bill Text: TX HB1452 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the requirements for a person to vote in the precinct of the person's former residence.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-04 - Referred to Elections [HB1452 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB1452-Introduced.html
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| By: Schofield | H.B. No. 1452 | |
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| relating to the requirements for a person to vote in the precinct of | ||
| the person's former residence. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 63.0011, Election Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (b-1), (b-2), and | ||
| (b-3) to read as follows: | ||
| (a) Before a voter may be accepted for voting, an election | ||
| officer shall ask the voter if the voter's residence address on the | ||
| precinct list of registered voters is current and whether the voter | ||
| has changed residence [ |
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| is omitted from the precinct list under Section 18.005(c), the | ||
| officer shall ask the voter if the voter's residence, if listed, on | ||
| identification presented by the voter under Section 63.001(b) is | ||
| current and whether the voter has changed residence [ |
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| (b-1) If the voter's address is not current because the | ||
| voter has changed residence to a different county within 30 days of | ||
| the date of the election, the voter may vote, if otherwise eligible, | ||
| in the election precinct in which the voter is registered. | ||
| (b-2) In a joint election held in accordance with Chapter | ||
| 271, if the voter's address is not current because the voter has | ||
| changed residence within the county, the voter may vote, if | ||
| otherwise eligible, in the election precinct in which the voter is | ||
| registered. A voter eligible under this subsection shall receive a | ||
| joint election ballot according to the voter's registered residence | ||
| address, notwithstanding Section 11.001(a)(2) or any other | ||
| provision of this code. | ||
| (b-3) The secretary of state shall adopt rules to ensure | ||
| that a voter's pending registration is not canceled due to a vote | ||
| cast by the voter voting under Subsection (b-1) or (b-2) in the | ||
| precinct in which the voter is registered. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
